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Edward Helmore

US set to rejoin Unesco after leaving during Trump presidency

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Unesco voted on Friday to readmit the US, with ten states including Russia and China voting against it. Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

The US is set to rejoin Unesco this month after a four-year absence from the global cultural and educational body that the country abandoned during the Donald Trump presidency over what his administration called “anti-Israeli bias”.

The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s reunion with the US came after a two-day special session held at the body’s headquarters in Paris.

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